Third person arrested over plastic explosive at Olympic site

A 61-year-old man was arrested at London's Olympic Park site on suspicion of
supplying an explosive substance.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested at London's Olympic Park sitePhoto: GETTY

9:03PM BST 01 Apr 2011

He is the third suspect to be arrested by the Metropolitan Police after officers from its Olympic Site Support Unit stopped and searched a woman in a car park off Pudding Mill Lane on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old woman, a female security guard, and a 43-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives.

Scotland Yard said the latest arrest was part of an ongoing investigation into where the substances had come from.

The 61-year-old has been detained by police and taken to an east London police station for questioning.

Police said they searched the woman's car after receiving information. Later that night, the same police unit stopped and searched another car on the M11 but nothing was found in the car and the driver was not arrested.